Combined mailing-tube and wrapper.



J. KLEGER.

COMBI NED MAILING TUBE AND WRAPPER.

Patented Oct. 24, 1916.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 25, 1916.

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JOHN KLEGEB, OF MABSHLAND, OREGON.

COMBINED MAILING-TUBE AND WRAPPER.

Application filed February 25, 1916.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN KLEGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marshland, in the county of Columbia and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Mailing- Tubes and Wrappers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention contemplates an improved combined mailing tube and wrapper and has as its primary object to provide a device of this character including, in effect, an inner tube body in which the article to be mailed may be completely wrapped, and an outer tube body in which the wrapped inner tube containing the said article may then be wrapped to efi'ectually protect the inner tube bod The invention has as a further object to provide a mailing tube of this character employing but a single wrapper body so formed as to provide a wrapper not only for the inner tube body, but also to provide a wrapper for the outer tube body.

A. further object of the invention is to provide a mailing tube of this character employing but a single body adapted to provide not only the body of the inner tube, but also the body of the outer tube.

The invention has as a further object to provide a construction wherein the width of the inner tube body may be employed as a guide in determining the size of maillng tube to be used in connection with any par ticular article to be mailed, it being intended that the inner tube body shall be of a length equal to or greater than the said article so that the article may be completely inclosed within the inner tube body. And the invention has as a still further object to provide a mailing tube of this character wherein the inner tube body when rolled within the outer tube body will be of less length than the outer tube'to thus provide unused spaces adjacent the extremities of the outer tube so that the margins of the wrapper for the outer tube may be easily folded into said spaces to completely close the mailing tube at its ends. 7

Other and incidental objects will appear as the description proceeds and in the drawings wherein I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention and wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, Figure 1 isa plan view of my improved de- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Uct. 24:, 1916.

Serial No. 80,446. k

vice particularly showing the manner in which the body of the tube is arranged relative to the wrapper therefor, Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the manner in which an article to be mailed is rolled within the inner tube body of the device, Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the inner tube body completely rolled about the said article and inclosed by the wrapper therefor, with the tube thus formed arranged to be rolled into position within the outer tube body, and Fig. 41 is a perspective view showing the outer tube body rolled about the inner tube illustrated in dotted lines with the free margins of the wrapper for the outer tube body tucked into. the ends of the outer tube to completely close the tube.

In carrying out my invention, I employ an oblong wrapper body 10 preferably formed from a single piece of tough paper or other suitable material. The wrapper body 10 is of uniform width and one end thereof is preferably out upon the bias, as indicated at 11.

Connected to the wrapper body 10, adj a cent one extremity thereof and substantially midway between the side edges of the said body is a longitudinally disposed tube body 12. The tube body 12 is provided, upon one side thereof, with a laterally projecting reduced extension which, as will presently appear, provides an inner tube body 13 while the main portion of the said tube body 12 pror ides an outer tube body 1 1. The tube body 12 may be formed of cardboard or other suitable material and is preferably connected to the wrapper 10 by mucilage, as indicated in dotted lines at 15 in Figs. 1 and 2. However, the tube body may be secured to, the wrapper in any other suitable manner.

The wrapper body 10, upon opposite sides of the inner tube body 13, is provided with laterally extending slits 16 which extend through the side edges of the said wrapper body and are arranged in alinement with the adjacent inner side edge of the outer tube body 1 1. These slits define, in the wrapper body, an inner wrapper 17 adapted to cooperate with the inner tube body 13 and an outer wrapper 18 adapted to coiiperate with the outer tube body 14:.

' Preferably, the inner tube body 13 which is of less width than the outer tube bodylet terminates, at its outer extremity, short of the outer edge of the inner wrapper 17 and it will be observed that the said inner tube body is free with respect to the inner wrapper so that the inner wrapper and the inner tube body may be rolled about a package. Also, the outer extremity of the outer tube body 14 is free with respect to the outer wrapper 18 so'tha't the outer tube body and the outer Wrapper may be rolled about the inner tube body as shall presently be described, and it willbe noted that the outer wrapper is considerably longer than the outer tube body.

In use, the article to be mailed, conventionally shown at 19 in Fig. 2, is preferably placed upon the free extremity of the inner tube body 13 in the manner illustrated in this figure and the free outer margin of the inner Wrapper in then directed around the said article. The article to be mailed should be of a length no greater than the width of the inner tube body and in this connection, it should be stated that my improved device may, of course, be made in various sizes such as may be found expedient to accommodate. various classes and sizes of articles. After having so positioned the article 19, the saidarticle is then, in a manner which will be readily understood, rolled within the inner tube body and simultaneously with this operation, the free end margins of the inner wrapper 1 7 are brought inwardly about the article and about. the ends of the inner tube body to form a cylindrical package 20, as illustrated in Fig. 8,

' with the inner. tube body extending entirely around the said article. As will now be seen, the article to be mailed is thus completely inclosed within this package, the inner H wrapper 17 serving to seal the package at its ends so that the article cannot shift about to possibly become damaged or become accident-ally lost. It is further to be observed that the inner tube body 13 will provide a guide in determining the size of mailing tube to be employedin connection with any particular article since it will only be necessary to choose a mailing tube of such dimensions that the inner tube body thereof will beequal in width to the length of the saidarticle;

As shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, the package 20, when completed, will normally lie upon the outer tube body, and, as will be readily understood, the outer tube body and'the outer wrapper 18 are then rolled around the said package.

tightly about the said package, to complete the mailing tube as illustrated in Fig. 4, with the outer tube body extending entirel Preferably, the free margin of the outer tube body 14 is provided with a, beveled or feathered edge 21 so that this edge, when the mailing tube is completed, will closely overlie the outer 4 tube body to prevent theformation of an objectionable ridge.

The inner tube body 13 projects, as illustrated in Fig. 3, beyond opposite ends of the package 20 so that when the outer tube body 14 is rolled around the said package, unfilled or unused spaces are provided adjacent opposite ends of the outer tube between the ends of the package and the terminals of the said outer tube, as shown in Fig. 4, the package being indicated in dotted lines. These spaces are adapted to receive the free side margins of the outer wrapper 18 which project beyond the terminals of the outer tube when rolled about the package and the said margins of the outer wrapper are tucked into the terminals of the outer tube to ell'ectually close the outer tube at its ends and hold the said tube tightly about the package. Since the free edge 11 of the outer wrapper is out upon the bias, this edge of the wrapper will closely overlie the outer tube body, as illustrated in this figure so that the finished mailing tube will provide a neat and secure carrier.

From the preceding description, it will be seen'that my improved mailing tube may be employed in transmitting a very great variety of articles and is particularly adapted for use in the postal service. In any instance where the article to be mailed is to be kept damp or moist during transportation, or for any other desired purpose, the inner surface of the inner tube body 13, as well as the outer tube body 14 may be paraffined or otherwise rendered waterproof. In this way, the adaptability of my improved mailing tube may be greatly enhanced and its field of effective use consequently broadened.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A device of the character described including a tube body, and a wrapper body carried thereby, the tube body being formed to provide an outer tube body and an inner tube body of less width than the outer tube body and the wrapper body being formed to provide an inner wrapper adapted to cooperate with the inner tube body to form a package and an outer wrapper adapted to conperate with the outer tube body for closing the ends of a tube formed by the said outer tube body to surround the said package.

2. A device of the character described in cluding a tube body formed to provide an outer tube body having a reduced extension thereon adapted to provide an inner tube body, and a wrapper body carried by the tube body and formed to provide an inner wrapper adapted to cooperate with the inner tube body to form a package and an outer Wrapper adapted to codperate with the outer tube body to close the ends of a tube formed thereby to surround the said package.

3. A device of the character described ineluding a tube body formed to provide an outer tube body and an inner tube body of less width than the outer tube body, and a wrapper body carried by the tube body and formed to provide an outer wrapper and an inner wrapper, the inner wrapper having its extremities free with respect to the outer wrapper and adapted to co5perate with the inner tube body to form a package and the outer wrapper being adapted to cooperate with the outer tube body to close the ends of a tube formed by the said outer tube body to surround said package.

4. A device of the character described including a tube body formed to provide an outer tube body and an inner tube body of less width than the outer tube body, and a wrapper body carried by the tube body and having lateral slits therein defining an inner wrapper adapted to cooperate with the inner tube body to form a package and an outer wrapper adapted to cooperate with the outer tube body to close the ends of a tube formed by the outer tube body to surround the said package.

5. A device of the character described including a tube body formed to provide an outer tube body having a reduced extension projecting from one extremity thereof and adapted to provide an inner tube body, and a wrapper body carried by the tube body and provided with slits extending laterally from the inner extremity of said inner tube body and defining an inner wrapper and an outer wrapper, the inner wrapper having its extremities free with respect to the outer wrapper and being adapted to cooperate with the inner tube body to provide a package and the outer wrapper being adapted to cooperate with the outer tube body to close the ends of a tube formed by the said outer tube body to surround the said package.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JOHN KLEGER. 1,. 8.

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